GM Spins the Revolving Door at Opel

General Motors Co. is cleaning house, again, at its money-losing Adam Opel AG unit, another sign that GM’s woes in Europe are far from over.

Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky, dispatched in 2011 by CEO Dan Akerson to lead the latest in a long series of turnaround efforts at Opel, has now replaced occupants of some key offices twice since his arrival. In April 2011, they replaced Opel chief Nick Reilly with then-GM global engineering chief Karl-Friedrich Stracke—only to oust him from the position in July 2012. Mr. Girsky has since been overseeing GM’s European operations directly, while Volkswagen AG’s former China chief, Karl-Thomas Neumann, has been picked to take the helm at Opel in the coming months.

Last July, GM hired another VW veteran, Alfred Rieck, to lead Opel’s sales and marketing. Today, GM said Mr. Rieck had resigned. He’ll be replaced for now by Duncan Aldred, the executive running GM’s Vauxhall brand in the U.K.

Mr. Rieck’s predecessor, Alain Visser, left the company last spring, also against the backdrop of Opel’s fast-declining sales. More on Opel’s troubles in the full post.

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